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Conceptualizing "society" and "state" (2011)
Book Chapter
Painter, J. (2011). Conceptualizing "society" and "state". In B. Mitchneck (Ed.), State, society, and transformation (20-49). Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Introduction (2011)
Book Chapter
Akseli, O., Gray, J., & Campbell, A. (2011). Introduction. In J. Gray, & O. Akseli (Eds.), Financial regulation in crisis? The role of law and the failure of Northern Rock (vii-xiv). Edward Elgar Publishing

Parenting and families (2011)
Book Chapter
Sear, R. (2011). Parenting and families. In V. Swami (Ed.), Evolutionary psychology : a critical introduction (215-250). Wiley

Parenting in Homo sapiens is rather different to parenting in most other primates. Our long developmental period and relatively short birth intervals mean that offspring are ‘stacked’, with mothers having to simultaneously look after several dependen... Read More about Parenting and families.

Tombs, landscapes and settlement in the Tagus hill-country (2011)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C., Oosterbeek, L., & French, C. (2011). Tombs, landscapes and settlement in the Tagus hill-country. In P. Bueno Ramírez, E. Cerrillo Cuenca, & A. Gonzalez Cordero (Eds.), From the origins : the prehistory of the inner Tagus region (83-91). Archaeopress

The role of Neolithic monuments in the establishment of farming communities has long been the focus of considerable debate. The use of megalithic slabs taken from visible rock outcrops will in many cases have provided a direct link with the local lan... Read More about Tombs, landscapes and settlement in the Tagus hill-country.

The Principle of Debtor Protection under the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables (2011)
Book Chapter
Akseli, N. O. (2011). The Principle of Debtor Protection under the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables. In S. Kroll, L. Mistelis, P. Perales Viscasillas, & V. Rogers (Eds.), International arbitration and international commercial law : synergy, convergence and evolution - Liber Amicorum Eric Bergsten (509-524). Kluwer Law International

Public authorities: what is a hybrid public authority under the HRA? (2011)
Book Chapter
Williams, A. (2011). Public authorities: what is a hybrid public authority under the HRA?. In D. Hoffman (Ed.), The impact of the UK Human Rights Act on private law (48-65). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511920844.006

An analysis of when the HRA subjects private bodies to the Convention is highly germane to any discourse concerning the impact of the HRA on private law. The common law horizontal effect mechanism is one route through which to hold private bodies, al... Read More about Public authorities: what is a hybrid public authority under the HRA?.

Nieve natal : The poetic language of Eugenio Montejo (2011)
Book Chapter
Roberts, N. (2011). Nieve natal : The poetic language of Eugenio Montejo. In A. Rodríguez Silva (Ed.), Orfeo revisitado : viaje a la poesía de Eugenio Montejo (129-160). Dirección General de Cultura y Extensión de la Universidad de Los Andes / Laboratorio Arte y Poética del Núcleo Universitario “Rafael Rangel”

Children’s rights, mobility and transport in Ghana: access to education and health services (2011)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., Abane, A., Blaufuss, K., & Owusu Acheampong, F. (2011). Children’s rights, mobility and transport in Ghana: access to education and health services. In R. K. Ame, D. L. Agbényiga, & N. A. Apt (Eds.), Children’s rights in Ghana : reality or rhetoric ? (113-128). Lexington Books

Children’s physical mobility and access to transport is an issue commonly overlooked in the child rights context. However, the opportunity to be mobile, in order to access health and basic education services not available in close vicinity to the chi... Read More about Children’s rights, mobility and transport in Ghana: access to education and health services.

A Theory of Measurement (2011)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, N., & Bradburn, N. (2011). A Theory of Measurement. In R. M. Li (Ed.), The importance of common metrics for advancing social science theory and research: a workshop summary (53-56). National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13034

Definitions of cosmography and geography in the wake of Ptolemy's Geography (2011)
Book Chapter
Tessicini, D. (2011). Definitions of cosmography and geography in the wake of Ptolemy's Geography. In Z. Shalev, & C. Burnett (Eds.), Ptolemy's geography in the Renaissance (51-69). Warburg Institute

The aim of this paper is to examine the ways in which the terminological and disciplinary distinction between cosmography and geography was understood by Renaissance and early modern editors, translators, and commentators of Ptolemy’s Geography. Thro... Read More about Definitions of cosmography and geography in the wake of Ptolemy's Geography.

Royal Authority and Commonplace Similitudes in French Natural-Philosophical Poetry: Duchesne's Grand Miroir du monde and Du Bartas's Sepmaine (2011)
Book Chapter
Banks, K. (2011). Royal Authority and Commonplace Similitudes in French Natural-Philosophical Poetry: Duchesne's Grand Miroir du monde and Du Bartas's Sepmaine. In M. Bruun, & D. Cowling (Eds.), Commonplace culture in Western Europe in the Early Modern Period I : Reformation, counter-reformation and revolt (129-149). Peeters Publishers

Commonplaces and Everyday Wisdom in Henri Estienne (2011)
Book Chapter
Cowling, D. (2011). Commonplaces and Everyday Wisdom in Henri Estienne. In D. Cowling, & M. B. Bruun (Eds.), Commonplace culture in Western Europe in the early modern period I : reformation, counter-reformation and revolt (113-127). Peeters Publishers

The vernacular works of the celebrated Hellenist, humanist, and printer Henri Estienne (1531-1598) provide a good case-study for the use of commonplace material in polemical contexts in the later sixteenth century. In what follows, I will understand... Read More about Commonplaces and Everyday Wisdom in Henri Estienne.

Harappan seals (2011)
Book Chapter
Mughal, M. (2011). Harappan seals. In K. M. McGeough (Ed.), World history encyclopedia (706-707). ABC-CLIO

Thousands of small stone seals of around 2500 BCE with enigmatic script and more than 400 pictographic symbols have been excavated from Harappa. Even though these were the first objects discovered in excavations at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, the picto... Read More about Harappan seals.

Memory in autism: Binding, self, and brain (2011)
Book Chapter
Bowler, D., Gaigg, S., & Lind, S. (2011). Memory in autism: Binding, self, and brain. In I. Roth, & P. (. Rezaie (Eds.), Researching the autism spectrum : contemporary perspectives (316-346). Cambridge University Press

Tourist: Moving Places, Becoming Tourist, Becoming Ethnographer (2011)
Book Chapter
Crang, M. (2011). Tourist: Moving Places, Becoming Tourist, Becoming Ethnographer. In T. Cresswell, & P. Merriman (Eds.), Geographies of mobilities : practices, spaces, subjects (205-224). Ashgate Publishing

This essay looks at three interwoven mobilisations around travel and tourism. Perhaps the most obvious is the mobilisation of the destination, where it suggests that while tourism is often defined as travelling to somewhere – that sense of "where" is... Read More about Tourist: Moving Places, Becoming Tourist, Becoming Ethnographer.